Chapter 12, Lookin' Good
"Come on, Morgan, wake up! It's 9:00 in the morning! Pleaseeeee??" Jade pleaded. When Morgan didn't do anything but roll over in bed and snuggle deeper into the sheets, Jade got exasperated. She decided to go to plan B. She picked up a big pillow and whacked Morgan as hard as shecould over the head.
"Arrgggggghhhhhh!" Morgan's arms appeared from under the covers, trying to find her clock on the nightstand. The clock disappeared for a moment, then there was a loud groan. Morgan emerged out of the cocoon of sheets rubbing her eyes. She set the clock back on the stand and got out of bed. "Good riddance," she muttered. Jade made for the door. "Yeah, you get dressed, girl...I just remembered we hafta go to town today." Morgan looked from putting on her slippers. "Wha? Why?" she asked. Jade answered, "Because we have a rodeo on Saturday and the guys don't have anything decent to wear to it!" She winked. Morgan smiled and winked back. "Besides, I need to get some rosin for my bull rope." Upon saying this Jade exited the room.
"Umm, Jade, not to question yer ability or nothin', but are you sure ye know how to drive this thing?" Jack asked flippantly. "Yes, I do, and no back seat driving, or I'll mutiny!" she answered. "Ah, now, ye wouldn't do that to beautiful me, would you, poppet?" Jack said and leaning forward draped his arm over her shoulder. "Try me!" Jade growled venomously. Jack raised his hands in an alarmed fashion and sat back in his seat. Will snickered, earning himself a glare from Jack. Morgan, in the front seat, just smiled. They were backing into a parking space at one of their favorite stores, and Jade had just about five inches of room between her and a big dually in the next slot. "Almost there...nearly...OK." Everybody piled (carefully) out of the truck and walked across the lot to the store. It was a western shop; it sold tack, feed, clothes, equine supplements, camouflage, and just about anything you would need if you were in the horse business. Jade, Morgan, Jack, and Will entered and immediately Jade led them to the Wrangler jeans rack. "The first thing we need to do is to get y'all some jeans and a decent shirts." She looked Jack and Will up and down. "Turn around," she instructed. They complied somewhat reluctantly. Jade looked some more. Morgan giggled as she saw Will's face steadily going red. Jade turned around to the rack and began grabbing jeans off of it. "It's okie-dokie to turn around now, guys," she muttered. The pirates did so, Will with a slight sigh of relief. Jack gave him an odd look, then shook his head. Jade separated the heap of jeans she had picked out into two piles, then handed one pile to Jack and the other to Will. "Here, go try these on. If you find one that fits, set it aside." Jack and Will stared down at the pants dubiously, but went to the dressing rooms anyway. Morgan went off to look at the newest saddles, and Jade went to pick out some rosin for her bull rope. She had just picked up a bag when Jack hollered her name. She walked up. "What?" she asked through the door. "Ow do you fasten 'em?" "You pull the zipper up and then button them," she replied. "Oh, you mean that thing in the back?" Jade snorted with laughter. "The zipper goes in the front, Jack! Turn them around." "Aha, so that's why they didn't fit right!" Jade stopped for a second to examine the mental picture, then giggled and walked over to Will's door. "How you doin', Will?" There came a muffled answer, "Fine, I think I found a pair." "Try them on and come out so I can see." "OK," he answered. A few seconds later he came out just as Morgan walked up. Morgan took one look, then both the girls doubled over laughing. Will's jeans were ten inches too long, and so baggy that the legs looked like potato sacks. He looked at the girls oddly. "What's wrong?" he asked. Jade howled. Morgan giggled even harder, then said, "We've got a lot of work to do!"
An hour later, Jade and Morgan were standing together in front of a mirror. "Wow," stated Morgan. "Double Wow!" replied Jade. "Triple Wow with cream, sugar, and cherries on top," corrected Morgan. Jade nodded. "Can't argue with that! We did it." They moved aside to let the boys see themselves. Jack and Will took one look and gasped. There was no question about it...they looked good. Jack was dressed in a dark brown pair of Wrangler jeans, with his old boots, a suede skin-tight shirt, a belt with a big bronze buckle, complete with a dark tan ankle-length duster and a new bandana in his hair. Will, however, was decked in snakeskin Laredo boots, black Wranglers and a belt with a gold, black, and silver buckle, studded with rubies; an beige-checked button up cowboy shirt with fringe around the chest and back and down the arms, and a black neck-kerchief and beige Beaver skin hat. His hair fell around his shoulders, framing his face, and Jack had a few new additions to his braids in the form of Navajo beads. They smiled...they looked absolutely sharp. Jade whistled. Morgan walked up and circled Will, then said to Jade, "I think we may have gone and outdone ourselves, girl!" She reached up and gave Will a kiss on the cheek, then they went to pay for the clothes. Jack looked at Jade. "The eunuch's got it bad, don't he?" Jade shook her head. "You have no idea!" she said, imitating Jack in the deleted scenes of the movie. "Come on, we gotta go pay for these." They joined Morgan at the counter. When they saw the total price, Jade leaned over to Morgan and whispered so the clerk wouldn't hear; "I better win a lot of money this weekend!"